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Hoyas trounce Dragons
Mike Mazzeo
Issue date: 12/5/08 Section: Sports
To beat a top-ranked team from the Big East conference, you've got to be perfect. Unfortunately, Drexel was anything but against No. 22 Georgetown.
The Dragons made only 13 field goals and shot just 24.5 percent from the field as they were blown out by the Hoyas 81-53 at the Verizon Center Nov. 22.
"I told our team before the game we've got to pick up our intensity and we didn't match their intensity," Drexel head coach Bruiser Flint said.
Flint was absolutely right.
The Hoyas shot 61.5 percent in the first half and 52.8 percent overall, jumping out of the gate early and cruising to victory. But it was their physical play that impressed Flint.
"They are a bit bigger than we are," Flint said. "I think you can see that. They're physically bigger than we are. They're a good team."
Ironically, in Flint's team's season-opening win against Penn, the Quakers were the ones that were physically out-matched.
"The Penn guys said we were really physical," Flint said, drawing laughs from reporters. "How about that? That's why those guys (Penn) play in the Ivy league, we play in the CAA and these guys (Georgetown) play in the Big East."
Scott Rodgers had 13 points to lead Drexel (1-1), while Jamie Harris added 12 points in the losing effort.
Georgetown (2-0) allowed the Dragons to take a 2-0 lead - their only advantage - after a pair of Harris free throws just 56 seconds in.
However, the Hoyas countered with 15 consecutive points and never looked back.
Freshman sensation Greg Monroe scored a game-high 20 points for Georgetown, connecting on seven of his nine attempts from the field while adding eight rebounds, three blocks and three steals.
"He's a good player," Flint said. "He'll be a guy that's going to be a very high [NBA] draft pick. [He's a] Good basketball player, not just a good athlete."
Monroe dominated the Dragons all afternoon long. He was able to score in a variety of ways, both on the interior and the perimeter.
His most impressive shot - a spinning hook inside the lane - gave the Hoyas a 59-34 lead with 13:37 remaining.
At one point Georgetown led by as many as 32 late in the second half.
Drexel, which trailed by as many as 23 with 2:23 left in the first half, got within 17 going to intermission thanks to a 10-4 run capped by a 3-pointer by Gerald Colds who finished with 11 points.
However, the Hoyas opened the second half by scoring the first nine points to take a 53-25 lead.
Tramayne Hawthorne (10 points) also scored in double-digits for the Dragons.
Drexel was 20-of-23 from the free throw line.
The Dragons made only 13 field goals and shot just 24.5 percent from the field as they were blown out by the Hoyas 81-53 at the Verizon Center Nov. 22.
"I told our team before the game we've got to pick up our intensity and we didn't match their intensity," Drexel head coach Bruiser Flint said.
Flint was absolutely right.
The Hoyas shot 61.5 percent in the first half and 52.8 percent overall, jumping out of the gate early and cruising to victory. But it was their physical play that impressed Flint.
"They are a bit bigger than we are," Flint said. "I think you can see that. They're physically bigger than we are. They're a good team."
Ironically, in Flint's team's season-opening win against Penn, the Quakers were the ones that were physically out-matched.
"The Penn guys said we were really physical," Flint said, drawing laughs from reporters. "How about that? That's why those guys (Penn) play in the Ivy league, we play in the CAA and these guys (Georgetown) play in the Big East."
Scott Rodgers had 13 points to lead Drexel (1-1), while Jamie Harris added 12 points in the losing effort.
Georgetown (2-0) allowed the Dragons to take a 2-0 lead - their only advantage - after a pair of Harris free throws just 56 seconds in.
However, the Hoyas countered with 15 consecutive points and never looked back.
Freshman sensation Greg Monroe scored a game-high 20 points for Georgetown, connecting on seven of his nine attempts from the field while adding eight rebounds, three blocks and three steals.
"He's a good player," Flint said. "He'll be a guy that's going to be a very high [NBA] draft pick. [He's a] Good basketball player, not just a good athlete."
Monroe dominated the Dragons all afternoon long. He was able to score in a variety of ways, both on the interior and the perimeter.
His most impressive shot - a spinning hook inside the lane - gave the Hoyas a 59-34 lead with 13:37 remaining.
At one point Georgetown led by as many as 32 late in the second half.
Drexel, which trailed by as many as 23 with 2:23 left in the first half, got within 17 going to intermission thanks to a 10-4 run capped by a 3-pointer by Gerald Colds who finished with 11 points.
However, the Hoyas opened the second half by scoring the first nine points to take a 53-25 lead.
Tramayne Hawthorne (10 points) also scored in double-digits for the Dragons.
Drexel was 20-of-23 from the free throw line.
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